On Monday, VMUT-2 began Marine Initial Qualification Training (IQT), its first course as a fleet replacement squadron. IQT is the Marine Corps' only Group 5, MQ-9A Reaper, graduate-level course for MQ-9 pilots and sensor operators. U.S. Marines 📸 by Lance Cpl. Gavin Kulczewski

US Marines with Marine Air Controls Squadron 2 operate an AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar system during exercise Formidable Shield 25 in Andoya 📸Cpl. Anakin Smith / U.S. Marines

We are Americans who embody character, competence, and dedication to our mission. Lt.j.g. Eduardo Aceves, air bos'n assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), discusses the rates involved in successful flight operations on the amphibious platform.

Commanding generals from 1st MAW Marines, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and 4th MAW Marine Corps Reserve met with instructor pilots assigned to MAWTS-1 during the 1st Annual Wing Commanding General Summit at MCAS Yuma, April 24, 2025.

Pt2 U.S. Marines with #22ndMEU conduct VBSS training, led by EOTG, aboard U.S. Army Vessel Major General Charles P. Gross (LSV-5). The VBSS training, allowed the Marines with the 22nd MEU to refine and maintain the skills required for vessel boarding and maritime interdiction operations

The 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 5-4 ADA at @usmc Stinger team assigned to Marine Air Control Group 28 targets during Formidable Shield 25 on May 7, 2025, in Andøya, Norway. 📸Alexander Watkins 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing U.S. MarinesFEA @usarmy Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret

Don't need to stop for gas ⛽ U.S. Marines with VMGR-252 conducted both daytime and low-light aerial refueling operations with VMM-261 over the Atlantic Ocean near North Carolina, May 7, 2025. U.S. Marines 📸 by Lance Cpl. Mya Seymour

We honor and celebrate the legacy of our facility's namesake, Pharmacist's Mate Second Class William D. Halyburton, Jr. On May 10, 1945 while assigned to the 1st Marine Division, on the Island of Okinawa, Halyburton sacrificed his life that another may live.

Hang loose 🤙 U.S. Marines with 2nd Recon Bn, 2d Marine Division, and HMLA-269 conduct special patrol insertion and extraction training near MCAS New River, May 8, 2025. U.S. Marines 📸 by Lance Cpl. Mya Seymour

U.S. Marines with MWSS-271 conduct base recovery after attack training at MCOLF Atlantic MWSS-271 worked alongside Office of Naval Research (ONR) to test various UAS, evaluating their performance to enhance the effectiveness of BRAAT training and application U.S. Marines 🎥by LCpl. Gavin Kulczewski

🎥: Refueled and Ready 💪 F-35B Lightning II aircraft from Marine Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542 conduct a forward arming and refueling point exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Last flight of an Harrier! This gorgeous aircraft buno 165357 flew from MCAS Cherry Point on May 13 for her last landing at Fort Worth Meacham Airport were she became part of the collection of the Fort Worth Aviation Museum.

Heavy-Lift Future is Here! #FRCE just inducted the first #CH53K King Stallion for depot maintenance. This vital step ensures the DoD's most powerful helicopter stays mission-ready & expands #Warfighting capabilities. #Readiness 📰: navair.navy.mil/news/FRCE-indu…

♠️ 40 years of Harrier excellence ♠️ VMA-231 conducted its final AV-8B Harrier II flight MCAS Cherry Point, NC, May 29, 2025. In 2026 the squadron will reactivate as VMFA-231 and will prepare to operate the F-35B. U.S. Marines 📸 by LCpl. Bryan Giraldo

.Sergeant Major Carlos A. Ruiz, the Silent Drill Platoon, and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing band kick off the first day of #MarineWeekNashville at the Nashville Superspeedway in Nashville, Tennessee, June 1, 2025. Throughout 2025, #Marines across the globe will celebrate the 250th birthday of the Corps, commemorating,

Shoot, move, communicate 📡 U.S. Marines from 2nd MAW and 2d Marine Division participate in Exercise Formidable Shield 25 in Norway and Scotland from April to May 2025. (Mariusz Kujawski 📹by Cpl. Anakin Smith)

Today, we celebrate the 127th birthday of the U.S. Navy Corpsman! Corpsmen are the backbone of our staff here and critical to our mission of Keeping the Warfighter in the Fight.

2nd MAW Marines conducted the 2nd MAW relief and appointment ceremony today aboard MCAS Cherry Point. The ceremony represented a transfer of responsibility, authority, and accountability from SgtMaj Rodney Nevinger to SgtMaj Robert Schieler. U.S. Marines 📷 by LCpl. Mya Seymour

#Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, take part in surge operations near Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. VMGR-252 performed the operations to exercise their ability to launch and recover multiple divisions of

Harrier Mode U.S. Marines AV-8B Harrier with #22ndMEUSOC, conducts flight operations aboard USS Iwo Jima during COMPTUEX. COMPTUEX refines tactics, techniques, and procedures that enhance operational readiness and lethality as a unified IWOARG/22MEU(SOC) team. 📸Cpl. Sharon Errisuriz